Cold weather sets in across the east

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Rain expected to return, finishing out July 2024 with some colder, wetter, winter weather.

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00:00Hello, from the Bureau, Angus here to break down the major weather stories for the first

00:04half of this week.

00:05And for eastern Australia, that's cold temperatures, frosty nights, but mostly sunny overhead conditions.

00:10For the west though, it's yet another winter cold front approaching.

00:14Here's the overview of how the map looks as we move into the new week, with the major

00:17weather players being this red H, high pressure, which brings settled and sunny conditions

00:22but in winter brings cold and frosty nights.

00:25There's also a low in the Tasman, which did impact the country over the weekend just gone,

00:29and will continue to do so with some dangerous coastal conditions.

00:33Then as we move into Wednesday, we shift our focus from the east to the west.

00:37This blue line with the triangles is a cold front approaching southern parts of western

00:42Australia on Wednesday, and arriving with a bit of a bang as well.

00:46But for the major population centres in the centre and east of the country, it's going

00:50to be those cold temperatures as you get out of bed and start your day, which is probably

00:53the main talking point weather-wise this week.

00:56This is frost for Tuesday morning, a very chilly night tonight, very icy and extensive

01:01as well.

01:02Tasmania up to Queensland up to the Northern Territory, lots of places seeing a clear night,

01:06a calm night, and watching those temperatures just plummet overnight towards or below zero

01:11degrees for many areas.

01:13In fact some parts of the east will be as low as minus four degrees overnight tonight,

01:17including Canberra which got to minus five degrees this morning, so potentially could

01:22even be a degree or so colder than that.

01:25A little bit more mild along the coastline from Adelaide through Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney

01:29and Brisbane, but single digits overnight tonight no matter where you look.

01:33Rinse and repeat stuff for the following day, so Wednesday morning, another very frosty

01:37one, crunchy underfoot and taking a while for that frost to thaw out even after the

01:42sun gets up, because, no surprise, those temperatures are low again, low single digits into the

01:46negatives for some areas.

01:48It's very chilly on Wednesday, and still Thursday, Friday, more cold nights through the second

01:52half of the week.

01:54While we're on the east coast, we do want to check out what's going on over the Tasman,

01:57this was the low here that did bring some snow through the course of the weekend, it's

02:00now over the ocean but still seeing some strong southerly winds up the east coast, so a breezy

02:05day for people along the New South Wales coast today, and again tomorrow, but perhaps more

02:10significantly than the breezy conditions, the giant waves which are being whipped up

02:14by the strong wind, five to seven metre waves for the New South Wales coastal waters for

02:21Tuesday morning, that will make things very hazardous for anyone trying to brave their

02:25boats over the next few days, and potentially some hazardous coastal conditions for people

02:30on the land, this is what we call a coastal hazards warning, and it's saying if you're

02:34at the beaches, if you're at the coastline along the New South Wales coast, from Port

02:38Macquarie down past Wollongong down to the south coast, potentially some dangerous conditions,

02:43big waves into the shallows and maybe some water up and over low lying coastal roads

02:48and properties.

02:50Now let's switch focus to the western side of the country and we're going to look at

02:52what's happening on Wednesday, so not tomorrow but the day after tomorrow as a cold front

02:56approaches Perth, not likely to arrive during the day but once we get to the evening and

03:00into the night, that's when that cold front will arrive and it's going to bring with it

03:04a bit of a bang as well, rain with some pockets of heavy falls, thunderstorms including some

03:10severe thunderstorms which could bring us damaging wind gusts, lightning, thunder and

03:15hail all possible.

03:16We could well see some severe weather warnings get issued ahead of this event so do keep

03:20your eyes out if you're in the south west of the country.

03:23Compared to the front that went through over the weekend just a day or so ago, this one

03:27will likely be a bit stronger, a bit more wind and bring a bit more rain with it as

03:31well, potentially more than 50mm for parts of the south west, not seeing that much inland

03:37but maybe a welcome 15mm.

03:40That's all from me for today, stay up to date through the Bureau website and app, thanks

03:43for watching.

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